Follow the River

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've never been one to back down from a challenge.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rather than shy away I grit my teeth and use it as an opportunity to prove myself.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Not just in football but also in life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even when I was thrown through a loop in discovering I was bisexual I embraced it.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Owning it so no one can use it as ammunition against me.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when Ciaráin Grady comes barreling into my life with his venomous tongue and amber eyes brimming with disdain I realize every test of my character and strength could never have prepared me for the trial he holds.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One that toes the line of love and hate.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's all-consuming and toxic.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet under the layers of revulsion he masks his face with I see it.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A glimmer of lust from deep within his secretive broken soul.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And when we're thrown together under heinous circumstances the distinction between enemy and lover begins to blur.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So...what is Ciaráin Grady to me?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm only certain that he is the greatest challenge of my life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><span>*??</span>Follow the River is a full-length mature new adult bully/enemies-to-lovers MM (male/male) romance with dark themes. There will be triggering content for some readers.*</em></p>